What is the music industry like in Australia?

Studies into the venue based live music industry (predominantly clubs and pubs) have found this sector injects $1.2 billion annually into the Australian economy. It also supports close to 15,000 jobs. Despite this, many pressures impact on live music including gentrification, poker machines and rising costs. read more

The five subject areas are music, visual arts, dance, drama and media and it is structured in five stages. As we near 10 years since the National Review of Music, Music Australia is committed to developing comprehensive data about the state of play for music education in Australia. read more

The record industry is adamant that downloading is decimating music revenues but the facts are that the current global music scene is incomparable to the 90s and the industry still won't sell MP3s to people at a reasonable price. read more

Further interest has been stimulated by events such as the Australian Festival of Chamber Music which was founded in 1991 and is held each year in Townsville, the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition, both of which are organised by Chamber Music Australia and held every four years in Melbourne. read more

The music industry is a general term for all the parties involved in the creation, performance, recording, promotion, and managing the profitable business of music. The distinction of calling this network of business partnerships ''the music industry'' as opposed to ''the music business,'' is more based on the stigma associated with the latter term than any technical difference. read more